My family is plagued with OCD and severe anxiety disorders, why am I the only one bipolar?

Question

Ok, I interviewed a bunch of people alive on my dads side and moms side of the family.

Basically I talked to about 30 family members over the course of the year, and all seem to have severe OCD or atleast one or more anixety disorders.

NOT ONE is bipolar, and I feel really unlucky im the only one in the entire family that is bipolar.

I though bipolar is hereditary...what happened?

Answer 1

Bipolar only manifests in both of identical twins 70% of the time, so maybe it's there in your family's gene pool but others haven't developed symptoms.  Or, if some of your relatives have anxiety and depression it could be misdiagnosed bipolar type II.  Or, maybe if you went back another generation or could know how ppl who died young would have been if they lived longer you'd find it.  Or, maybe you are a fluke.??  The one thing I can definitely tell you is that even if you have another relative or two with it like I do, you still feel ripped off because it doesn't really matter whether anyone else has it or not.  You do.

Answer 2

Man I read through all of your questions you are so so so full of s***  have fun...  You don't have me fooled... Wish your uncle well for me ok...

Answer 3

You have probability been misdiagnosed. Bipolar is hereditary.

Answer 4

I would rather be bi-polar than OCD, consider yourself the lucky one, medication can help you, if you have it bad enough to need medication.